the Diplodocus cast was replaced by the real skeleton of a blue whale, suspended from the ceiling. The whale was stranded in Wexford Harbour in Ireland in 1891, ten years after the Museum opened. It ...

Dippy the dinosaur is a plaster-of-Paris replica of a Diplodocus carnegii skeleton. The original skeleton is housed at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, USA. There are several ...

The Natural History Museum’s cast specimen of a Diplodocus, affectionately known ... for the dinosaur to be replaced by the real skeleton of a giant blue whale. To mark the special episode ...

Dippy the Diplodocus, or a plaster replica of his skeleton, has welcomed visitors to London's Natural History Museum since 1905 and has recently been on a UK tour. For this one-off, Dan Snow ...